FIFA President Gianni Infantino claps after President Donald Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Pool Photo via AP) With the 2026 tournament approaching, FIFA has moved close to resolving one of the most significant financial…
From nuclear wasteland to wildlife sanctuary: Chernobyl’s unexpected rebirth Forty years after the world’s worst civilian nuclear accident, a thriving wildlife sanctuary has emerged in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), with wolves, foxes, lynx, elk, wild boar, brown bears and European bison now flourishing despite continuing radiation.The 1986 disaster released a radioactive cloud across Europe…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has pulled up police after the force said there was no material on record to support allegations that Tarun Butolia’s family was threatened earlier this month, despite the police previously informing Delhi High Court that it had collected “relevant material including video footage.”Twenty people, including two juveniles, have been named…
Switching to an electric vehicle in India is not just about the vehicle. Your home charging setup plays an equally important role. Unlike petrol pumps, charging depends on your daily routine and where you park. Getting this right before buying an EV can save time, money and effort later.The first thing to check is your…
Pune: Two men were killed and a couple sustained severe injuries after their motorcycles were hit by a car on a sharp turn on Saswad-Vir Road near Saswad, about 30 km from Pune, on Saturday afternoon.Police sub-inspector Parmeshwar Godse of Saswad police told TOI, “The car driver, a civil engineer, 30, currently residing at Hadapsar…
Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians are enduring a tough IPL 2026 campaign, languishing at the bottom of the points table with just one win from five matches and a poor net run rate of -1.076. The Hardik Pandya-led side will look to revive their season when…
NEW DELHI: “Counting will begin in the morning of May 4. Ballot box will open at 8 am, first round will be over at 9 and second round at 10. Counting will be over at 1 pm and it will be ta ta, good-bye to didi.” Thus spoke Union home minister Amit Shah at one…
Ahilyanagar: DRDO chairman Samir Kamat on Saturday said aggressive underbidding by industry players had hampered the progress of key defence projects.Speaking on the sidelines of the flagging-off ceremony of the advanced armoured platform (wheeled and tracked) at Vehicle Research and Development Establishment in Ahilyanagar, Kamat told TOI, “I don’t want to name the specific projects,…
Safai workers continued their protest at the old MCG office on Thursday Gurgaon: MCG sanitation workers across the city have extended their strike till May 11, alleging that the Haryana govt has failed to address their demands so far.The sanitation workers continued their protest at the old MCG office on Thursday. Members of the Haryana…
Rajkot: Invoking Hindu scriptures that a soul finds peace only after justice is delivered, a court in Bhuj sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a 65-year-old woman, observing that a proper and effective judicial decision was necessary for the soul of the deceased to attain liberation. The convict Sachin…
